[Heeplist] Conquest

[Kevin Milanowski]

I just watched the video and Johns moves are definitely imitating those of
a very young Robert Plant... no doubt about it!
On Sep 23, 2014 2:46 PM, "Igor Shveitser" <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:

>  Plant was different, voice-wise also. But there shouldn't be any
> comparison, they belong to different eras and have 10 years age difference.
> :)))
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:15:11 -0700 от Dale Fredericks <dalhel at sbcglobal.net>:
> >Sorry Igor, but his stage presence seems to be an exact replica of what
> was already done by Robert Plant, even down to the posturing of the body
> and hands. Not impressed.
> >
> >Dale :-)>
> >
> >On Sep 21, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Igor Shveitser < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -------- Пересылаемое сообщение --------
> >> От кого: Igor Shveitser < zlenko_iv at mail.ru >
> >> Кому: Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\) <
> heeplist at travellersintime.com >
> >> Дата: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:24:06 +0400
> >> Тема: Re[2]: [Heeplist] Conquest
> >>
> >> Bob,
> >> I do appreciate the fact of your support but the truth is John Sloman
> has nerver been the one with a crap voice. Comparing him with some electric
> bard is rock blasphomy to me :) Sloman's vocals are more than decent, he
> had a marvelous stage presence, and here's one more proof:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPrdvpa1uQ0
> >> All the best, Igor
> >> P.S. Sloman, unlike a lot of singers in rock, is special. He was never
> the best choice for Heep, but then again, we don't know what had the band
> in mind when they decided to invite him. Anyway, Conquest is anything but
> not an album without inspiration or imagination. That's why it is still
> Heep, while your average Heep of the 80-s, despite all the qualities of the
> players, is mostly mechanical down to earth stuff.
> >>
> >> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:57:38 -0400 от Bob Winward < uriahheep at comcast.net
> >:
> >>>
> >>> Pete, I do not think Igor was joking.  You know some people do like
> music
> >>> with crap voices.  How do you explain the popularity still of Bruce
> >>> Springsteen?  He still sells out Stadiums in the USA and has his own
> channel
> >>> on satellite radio.
> >>>
> >>> Putting aside the lead vocals, the music is great, punchy and rocks.
> >>> Nothing Heep has done beats the opening riffs of Feelings  I know you
> don't
> >>> like the song "..and you don't even care to pretend"  lol!  Some of the
> >>> bonus tracks are really growing on me.  Anyone notice how powerful,
> loud and
> >>> pronounced Trevor's bass is on Love Stealer?
> >>>
> >>> Equator is a different record, the vocals are good, but the lyrics are
> >>> juvinile and it sounds less like Heep with back ground vocals and
> choir.
> >>> Different World, well it sounded like Heep was trying to get hit
> singles
> >>> again, and they recorded 10 straight.
> >>>
> >>> On 9/18/14 6:33 PM, "Pete Wharton" <  heeplistpete at ntlworld.com >
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You know on my 4 hour drive to work on Monday, I forced myself to
> listen to
> >>>> this album again and then the mailing list rarities vol 2 with John
> Lawton.
> >>>> I'm sorry Igor, but I really do not understand how you can say "
> However,
> >>>> quality wise, mood wise that was still on the level of better Heep
> works"
> >>>> about Conquest. I'm sorry but the CD is below the level of Different
> World
> >>>> quality wise. Trevor never got time to do decent production on that
> and
> >>>> Conquest just plain sucks with crap vocals and I can't find any
> redeeming
> >>>> features on that CD at all. It's like Sloman can't hold a note so he
> fakes it
> >>>> by going to a different one. Any decent songs have been lost in the
> morass of
> >>>> Sloman's abysmal vocals! Even Equator stands head and shoulders above
> this
> >>>> waste of effort.
> >>>
> >>> Pete
> >>>
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